Oct 1, 2018 – Salts exist not only in coastal regions, but are present throughout the landscape, including the drier inland areas of Australia. These salts have the potential to not only affect the landscape and agriculture, but also the built environment.

Jul 1, 2018 – Tolerances can be defined as the allowable variations from the specified values or performance levels. Setting tolerances also demonstrate that some degree of variation is inherent in all building work.

Mar 1, 2018 – Concrete is ideally placed to be the sustainable material of choice by virtue of its economics, thermal mass, durability, fire resistance, acoustic performance, adaptability, versatility and recyclability. This document highlights issues that should

Jan 1, 2018 – In the Australian concrete industry context, the term ‘slag’ generally refers to ground, granulated, iron blast furnace slag – with the descriptors to be explained and developed in this technical note.

Oct 1, 2017 – Most of the problems associated with placing concrete in hot weather conditions relate to the increased rate of cement hydration at higher temperatures and the increased rate of evaporation of moisture from the fresh concrete.

Sep 12, 2017 – While various materials may act as ‘cements’, this technical note will focus on Portland cement-based binders, including cement-only products and blends of cement with supplementary cementitious materials (SCM’s) such as fly ash, slag and silica fume